Hassoun, Abed El Rahman

Dr. Abed El Rahman Hassoun

Research Division 1: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics
FE Physical Oceanography

Office:
Room 3.401
Office: +494316001504
Mobile: +491723868950
Email: ahassoun(at)geomar.de

Address:
91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Wichhofstrasse 1-3
D-24148 Kiel, Germany

Researching and analysing the motivations of European countries in ocean observations in the context of the project.
Working on metadata curation, Literature/Assets Collection and analyses, and system level requirements of standards & Best Practices used to observe EOVs and ECVs for a entitled "Standards and Best Practices in Ocean Observation".
Working on quality-control of Baltic Sea data in the context of the Sailing for Oxygen project.
Identified in the EU Ocean Observing & Forecasting System, provided actionable recommendations, and developed a in the context of the project.
Identified gaps in standards and Best practices related to GOOS EOVs for a entitled "Study for Reporting Obligations for Ocean Observation".

2014, Ph.D. in Oceanology, in co-direction between the University of Perpignan Via Domitia, IMAGES laboratory, Perpignan, France and the National Council for Scientific Research in Lebanon, National Centre for Marine Sciences, Lebanon. Thesis entitled:
2010, Master in "Management and Conservation of Natural Resources"/Biodiversity (M2), Lebanese University / Faculty of sciences, Lebanon. Title of Master thesis: the effects of the organic pollution on the phytoplankton populations in the middle part of the Lebanese coast, during the spring period.
2009, Master in Earth and Life Sciences/Biodiversity and Environment (M1), Lebanese University / Faculty of sciences, Lebanon.
2005-2008, Bachelor of Earth and Life Sciences, Lebanese University / Faculty of sciences, Lebanon.

Ocean acidification (OA) and ocean carbon cycle.
Effects of climate change consequences on marine organisms, particularly on Phytoplankton.
Monitoring of coastal environmental conditions in the context of both climate change and OA, particularly in the Mediterranean Sea.
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and their biotoxins.
Ocean observing sustainability
Ocean literacy and outreach.

February 2022-Present: Scientist in 91探花 Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Biogeochemistry (50%) + Physical Oceanography (50%).
June-August 2022: Scientific writer for the , Halifax, Canada in the CFREF proposal: .
April 2015-Present: Research Associate, National Council for Scientific Research (), National Centre for Marine Sciences (), Lebanon.
2015-2022: Lecturer at the in the Faculty of Public Health (course: Methods of biological analysis) and the Faculty of Sciences (course: Ecology).
2021, September-December: Consultant for the , Halifax, Canada, to elaborate .
2021, October-December: Consultant for the of the IAEA, Monaco, to assess the .

2021-Present: Co-champion in the (Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability) Ocean Decade Programme, Outcome 6 鈥淚ncrease public awareness of ocean acidification, its sources and impacts, achieved via ocean literacy and public outreach鈥�.
2019-Present: Chair of the Ocean Acidification Mediterranean Hub (), a and a regional hub.
2019-Present: Scientific member in the GOA-ON .
2022-Present: Member in the .
2019-Present: Member of the steering committee.
2019-Present: Member in the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and environmental Change ().
2018-Present: Member in the NF-POGO (Nippon Foundation and Partnership for Observation of the Global Ocean) Alumni Network for Oceans ().
2019 and 2020: Jury member for the Mediterranean Climate Change Adaptation Awards:
2020: Jury member for Ocean Acidification Information Exchange (OAIE) microgrants:

2021: from the Council of Europe in Lisbon, Portugal for the MedECC report (CLA of one chapters: ).
2019: Grant from the Ocean Foundation to attend the 4th Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) International Workshop, in Hangzhou, China.
2018: POGO fellowship for Ship-board Training on MSM72.
2017: Grant from the IAEA to attend the 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference in Interlaken, Switzerland.
2016: Grant from the IAEA to attend the 3rd Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network Science Workshop, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
2016: Grant from the IAEA to attend the Mares Conference, Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation, in Olh茫o, Portugal.
2014: Grant from the European Space Agency to attend the ESA conference in ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
2013: Grant from the IAEA to attend the 6th international SOLAS summer school in Xiamen University, China
2013: Grant from GreenSeas to attend a summer school in Cape Town, South Africa
2011: Doctoral scholarship by the National Council for Scientific Research-Lebanon

2012-2013: CANA expeditions offshore the Lebanese coast.
2013: MedSeA oceanographic cruise onboard R/V 脕ngeles Alvari帽o, between 2 May and 2 June 2013.
2016: OCEANA Deep-Sea Lebanon expedition, October 16-20 2016.
2018: MSM72 oceanographic cruise conducted in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the R/V Maria S. Merian, between 2 March and 3 April 2018: .
2019-2020: 15 oceanographic cruises for ELME (Evaluation of the Lebanese Marine Environment: A multidisciplinary study) and IMAP (Integrated Monitoring and Assessment Programme) projects, aboard R/V CANA.
TalPro 2022 cruise in the Western Mediterranean Sea aboard R/V Belgica between 16 and 26 May 2022. .
MSM129 cruise in the Subpolar Atlantic Ocean aboard the R/V Maria S. Merian between 24 May and 07 July 2024. /